Problems with bass and the parents

Hiya, woundering wheather anyone can help me with some soundproofing issues.

First off, I have searched bacl through the forums and have gone through all the soundproofing posts, but not found any solutions relevant to my situation and budget.

Now the problem, I have a set of Logitech Z-680 5.1 speakers set up in my bedroom, I am using then mostly for listening to music and dvd's through my computer. So nowhere near a pro system with house shattering bass.

Even though these are a budget speaker set they are thx certified, so do offer good sound quality, to me anyway for the money. However, with the bass set at the standard level I cannot turn them up more than vol1.5 without getting complaints from downstairs. I have to turn the base off completly to stop the nagging, leaving the sound in my room somewhat lacking.

It's also particularly anoying when you watching a dvd and turn it up so the speech is at a nice listening level then all of a sudden some music kicks in or an explosion and you get the shout from downstairs and have to turn it down then cannot hear what is being said in the film.

So what are my options to reduce the bass?

I can not afford to, or have the room to build a partition inside my room. My room size is about 7ftx14. The front wall is brick, with my mum and dads room on the other side. The right wall again is brick with the neighbours on the other side, the rear is the back of the house so not to botherd about that, and the left wall is a stud, with no insulation (told my dad to fill it before he borded the other side), on the other side of the left wall is the bathroom, which is 100% tiled, with laminate floor so you can really hear the bass in there.

My joice in my room need replacing as they have started to rot where they ran under into the bathroom, under the old bath. So the floor will have to come up, so I can get some insulation put down then, to try and stop the bass going downstairs. Is there anything else I can do to soundproof the floor cheaply?

Now the walls how can I stop the bass from going through them, mainly the bathroom wall. I doubt taking my side down and filling it with insulation is an option as then I'd have to buy more plasterboard, then get my dad to plaster it again, which he won't be to happy with. Is there any products I can glue onto the existing wall to add mass? I looked at foam but found out that is more for altering the dynamics, not reducing sound.

Any advice apreciated, product recomendations ect

[hornydragon]

Put rock wool in floor void???? stuff a pillow under sub????

Got the sub sat on a piece of foam, with granite on top, then a thick cover folded up on top of the granite, all on top of the carpet and underlay, to stop it vibrating through the floor. Not much difference realy, still get the complaints, and thats on the lowest volume settings. The sub is place under my desk/piece of worktop, which is against the wall, so it gives a nice deep bass, sounds excelent but not other the top, but is being amplified through the walls, and the floor as the space under the desk is acting as a sub of I understand corectly?

Theres nowhere else I can place the sub except under the desk as for lack of space(no room for a bed, it's the floor for me lol), will try and get some pictures sometime tomorow to show how it's currently set up.

It's a old house I live in, built in the 1890's, you can hear speech through the walls and people walking upstairs from downstairs. I'm just after a quick cheap solution, not botherd how my room looks, just want to be able to listen at moderate volumes without complaints, at the moment I get complaints on the lowest volume.

Ok, what if I line all my walls with this, http://www.isowool.com/pdfs/FloorSla...lientRigid.pdf.

Also line the floor with it, put the carpet over the slabs(wont be able to get rid of it), then put lamanite over the carpet.

Would this reduce the bass?

The only problem I can see is covering the insulation on the wall, maybe cover it with fabric or glue a vaneer or 1/4 plywood to it and paint it. Also it would make my room very hot.

Any ideas, opinions?

[hornydragon]

Originally Posted by addy_VFR400

I'm just after a quick cheap solution, not botherd how my room looks, just want to be able to listen at moderate volumes without complaints, at the moment I get complaints on the lowest volume.

As far as i am aware that is the holy grail of room treatments...... No one has done it yet, Could cover walls in egg trays!

[DJW]

or buy an AV amp that has "night mode", to reduce the sudden loud noises